Artem Lion Levin

The headline fight of yesterday’s Fight Code event which took place in Milan, Italy was of course the bout between Giorgio Petrosyan and Arthur Kyshenko.
by a unanimous decision by the ringside judges. The fight was won by Petrosyan

The seemly heaver Kyshenko eyed slow compared to his opponent who moved freely true the ring landing solid kicks and punches while avoiding most of what Kyshenko had to throw at him.

Here are some more results of last night’s event:

Giorgio Petrosyan def. Artur Kyshenko via Unanimous Decision

Enriko Gogokhia def. Bruno Franchi via KO in Rd. 1

Mustapha Daida def. Hunkar Kili via Unanimous Decision

Yury Bessmertny def. Cristian Milea via (T)KO (Corner Stoppage) in the third round

Yoann Kongolo def. Davide Mosca via (T)KO (Corner Stoppage) in the third round

Lulian Imeri def. Filip Hryeniewicki via Unanimous Decision

With immediate effect, IT’S SHOWTIME closed a multi-year deal with the new owner of the K-1 label, Mr. Mike Kim. The company of Mr. Kim is called K-1 Global and is established in Hong Kong.
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Peter Aerts vs. Tyrone Spong
Robin van Roosmalen vs. Harut Grigorian
Daniel Ghita vs. Frederic Sinistra
Danyo Ilunga vs. Filip Verlinden
Andy Ristie vs. Samir Djabba
Michael Duut vs. TBA
Jerome Le Banner vs. Rustemi Kreshnik
Chris Ngimbi vs. Andy Souwer
Hesdy Gerges vs. Rico Verhoeven
Sergei Lascenko vs, TBA
Alka Matewa vs. Duoli Chen
Marat Grigorian vs. Buenung Topking
Fatih Ozkan vs. Sonny Dagraed

May 12: IT’S SHOWTIME 56 in Wevelgem, Belgium
June 30: IT’S SHOWTIME 57 & 58 in Brussels, Belgium
July 21: IT’S SHOWTIME 59 on Tenerife, Spain
September 17: IT’S SHOWTIME 60 in Yokohama, Japan
October: IT’S SHOWTIME 61 in Belgium
November 10: IT’S SHOWTIME 62 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
December 1: IT’S SHOWTIME 63 in Barcelona or Madrid, Spain

Fight card January 28, 2012 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands:

70 Kg max: Henri van Opstal vs. Hafid El Boustati

70 Kg max: Andy Ristie vs. Hinata Watanabe

95 Kg max: Sahak Parparyan vs. Mourad Bouzidi

Heavyweight: Ricardo van den Bos vs. Ben Edwards

It’s Showtime world title 73 Kg max: Lhoucine Ouzgni (Aussie) vs. Yohan Lidon

Heavy Weight: Tyrone Spong vs. Melvin Manhoef

Heavy Weight: Michael Duut vs. Anderson Braddock Silva

70 Kg max: Harut Grigorian vs. Chris Ngimbi

Heavy Weight: Errol Zimmerman vs. Rico Verhoeven

70 Kg max: Murat Direkçi vs. Robin van Roosmalen

It’s Showtime world title Heavyweight: Daniel Ghita vs. Hesdy Gerges

Heavyweight: Gokhan Saki vs. Badr Hari

Yokkao Extreme took place in Milan, Italy today and despite the lack of means to watch the event, results are out. Among match-ups featured on the card were Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Dzhabar Askerov in the main event, Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Abraham Roqueni and Saenchai vs. Fabio Pinca.
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Peter Aerts confirmed today to Dutch site Round1Network that as rumored, he will be fighting Tyrone Spong on June 30 for It’s Showtime. He also mentioned that the event will be at the Brabant Hallen in Den Bosch, Holland. The fight will be the last of his legendary, illustrious career.

Spong is one of the toughest possible match-ups for “The Dutch Lumberjack,” and it’s fitting, as Aerts has fought the best of the best for his whole career, from beginning to end. Before the fight happens, Spong will face off with Melvin Manhoef on January 28. The fight card of the event on June 30 will be announced during It’s Showtime’s show on January 28.

Aerts hasn’t fought in Holland since 2007 when he stopped Bob Sapp. It’s great that he gets to go out for one last time in front of his home country before he calls it a career.

Source: liverkick.com

Not a good start to 2012 for It’s Showtime. Giorgio Petrosyan has terminated his contract with It’s Showtime after he still has not been paid for winning the 2010 K-1 MAX World Grand Prix. Kickradio.it, who are very close to Petrosyan reported the story here. Giorgio gave this quote (translated) about the situation:
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